Archive for the ‘General Sports’ Category
MIXED FORTUNES FOR BREEN IN SARDINIA
ollowing Thursday’s ceremonial start and the evening’s opening super special stage, the rally only really got underway on Friday morning.
Held on roads around Olbia, the day four stages were each contested twice, with a mid-leg service in Alghero.
Craig had retired for the day after SS3, whilst running sixth overall.
Landing heavily after a jump, he hit [...]
Hurling Championship Proposals are revealed
Munster Championship Hurling could be back in Walsh Park in 2018 for the first time since 1996 under proposals published by the GAA last week under a new three-year trial.
The new proposals would see the Munster and Leinster Championships played off on a round robin basis with five counties competing in both competitions.
Central Council is [...]
DEISE COME UP SHORT AGAINST THE CHAMPIONS
By Brian Flannery
eigning senior All-Ireland and League champions Kilkenny rocked up to Walsh Park for the opening round of the 2017 Camogie Championship and had little difficult in recoding the expected comfortable victory.
This was certainly a David v Goliath contest but without the giant killing. A young Waterford side playing in only their second season [...]
THE MATCH OF THE DECADE
ooking back to previous weekend we were lucky to get a ticket for the Champions league final, we carried a colour article last week.
Due to pressure of space game the review is here now, probably the best match we have seen live in last decade or two.
The classic Euro Champions League Final billing lived up [...]
Q&A with Dan Shanahan
ermot Keyes (DK): How well do you feel the training camp at Fota went, Dan?
Dan Shanahan (DS): “Pretty good, Dermot. It’s important that we do camps like this in terms of bonding and getting the lads together. It’s something we did in previous years and I have to say it went really well for us.” [...]
TIME TO DREAM AGAIN
em>“As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, never great has ever been achieved without enthusiasm. Somewhere and somehow, exceptional people find a way to bring that enthusiasm to what they do, and they find it every day.” Dr Bob Rotella (How Champions Think)
Between Cork’s All-Ireland victories in 1986 and 1990, only the momentous 1987 Munster Final [...]
Ravens Rock Rally returns to Waterford
he 2017 Ravens Rock Tarmac Rally returns to Waterford City and County on the weekend of June 24th/25th.
The rally has been an annual feature in Irish Rallying since the early 1970’s. It has had a nomadic relationship in the counties of Waterford, Kilkenny and Tipperary during the intervening years.
Happily, it has put down roots (of [...]
Glendine does it again at Tramore
lendine River showed her liking for Tramore when ran out a convincing winner of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle on the second evening of the holiday weekend meeting last Saturday. Twice successful at the August Festival last year, Glendine River, trained by Dermot O’Brien was fitted with cheekpieces for the first time [...]
Lismore bring the Denny home
n a wet and miserable Saturday afternoon last at Walsh Park, Lismore travelled in numbers to play Gailltir in what was to be extremely difficult conditions for the girls.
There were a few setbacks from original line up with Ciara Jackman of Gailltir having to pull out at short notice.
Ever the all-rounder, Emma Roche stepped up [...]
Golfing up North
e recently had the occasion to visit some golf courses just a 90 minutes-drive from Dublin to the border county of Down in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Golf has great pros like Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke but what are the courses like that create such great players?
Royal County Down golf course is the county’s best [...]